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Cao Cao was cowardly and chose to be brave.
——Battle of Guandu In the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an (200), Yuan Shao sent Chen Lin to write and publish an appeal, in which he scolded Cao Cao unbearably. In February, he marched to Liyang, intending to cross the river and seek a decisive battle with the main force of Cao's army. He first sent Yan Liang to attack Liu Yan, the prefect of Dongjun in Baima, in an attempt to seize key points on the south bank of the Yellow River to ensure that the main force could cross the river. In April, in order to seize the initiative and win the first battle, Cao Cao personally led his troops north to relieve the siege of White Horse. At this time, counselor Xun You believed that Yuan Shao had more troops and suggested attacking from the east to the west to disperse his forces. He would first lead troops to Yanjin and pretend to cross the river to attack Yuan's rear, so that Yuan Shao could divide his troops to the west. Then he would send light cavalry to quickly attack Yuan's army who was attacking Baima. If they were unprepared, they would be defeated. Yan Liang. Cao Cao adopted this suggestion, and Yuan Shao indeed divided his troops into Yanjin. Cao Cao took advantage of the opportunity and led his light cavalry, sending Zhang Liao and Guan Yu as the vanguard to rush towards the white horse. Guan Yu quickly approached Yan Liang's army. Yan Liang hurriedly responded and was beheaded, and Yuan's army was defeated. After Cao Cao solved the siege of Baima, the people who migrated to Baima retreated westward along the Yellow River. Yuan Shao led his army across the river to pursue them. When the army reached the south of Yanjin, he sent generals Wen Chou and Liu Bei to continue to pursue Cao's army. At that time, Cao Cao only had 600 cavalry, stationed at Nanban (south of Baima), while Yuan's army had 5,000 or 6,000 cavalry, with infantry following up. Cao Cao ordered his soldiers to unsaddle and release their horses, and deliberately discarded the baggage beside the road. When Yuan Jun saw that he had fallen into the trap, they all scrambled for property. Cao Cao launched a sudden attack, finally defeated Yuan Jun, killed Wen Chou, and successfully returned to Guandu.
6. Turning point in the battle
Yuan Jun lost the first battle, but still had the upper hand. In July, he marched to Yangwu (now north of Zhongmou, Henan) and prepared to go south to attack Xuchang. In August, the main force of Yuan's army approached Guandu and set up camp on the sand, about dozens of miles wide from east to west. Cao Cao also set up camp to confront Yuan Jun. In September, Cao's army once attacked, but failed to win and retreated to the camp to hold on. Yuan Shao built towers and oars, piled mountains of earth, and shot down Cao Ying with arrows. Cao Jun made a thunderbolt chariot with a stone-throwing device, and fired the stones to destroy the oars built by Yuan Jun. Yuan Jun dug tunnels to attack again, and Cao Jun also dug long trenches in the camp to resist. The two sides were in a stalemate for three months. Cao Cao's external situation was difficult, his front was short of troops and food, his soldiers were tired, and his rear was unstable. Cao Cao almost lost the confidence to hold on. Xun Yu said. Cao Cao was determined to persist in the critical situation and strengthen defense. He ordered Ren Jun, who was in charge of logistics and supplies, to take the 10th column as one unit to shorten the distance between the front and rear of the transport team, and use a complex formation (two formations) to strengthen the escort and prevent Yuan's army from attacking. On the other hand, he actively sought and captured fighter planes and defeated Yuan Jun. Soon he sent Cao Ren and Shi Huan to intercept and burn thousands of Yuan Jun's grain trucks, which increased Yuan Jun's difficulties.
7. Wuchao surprise attack
In October of the same year, Yuan Shao sent another truck to transport food, and ordered Chunyu Qiong to lead ten thousand troops to escort them and camp them about 20 kilometers north of Yuan Jun’s camp. The old city (in Yanjin County, Henan Province) and Wuchao (now southeast of Yanjin, Henan Province). At this time, Yuan Shao's counselor Xu You defected to Cao Cao and suggested that Cao Cao launch a surprise attack on Wuchao with light troops and burn his luggage. Cao Cao immediately put it into practice, leaving Cao Hong and Xun You to guard the camp. He personally led 5,000 infantry and cavalry, pretended to be Yuan Jun's flag, had horses bound to their mouths, each with a bunch of firewood, and took advantage of the darkness to sneak attack Wuchao on a small road. Upon arrival, they immediately laid siege and set fire to them. After Yuan Shao learned that Cao Cao had attacked Wuchao, he only sent light cavalry to rescue, while the main force stormed Cao's camp. Unexpectedly, Cao's camp was strong and could not be attacked. When Cao Jun rushed to attack Wuchao Chunyu Qiong camp, Yuan Shao's reinforcements were approaching. Cao Cao fought to the death, defeated Yuan's army, killed Chunyu Qiong and others, and burned all their food and grass. Yuan Jun's front line heard that Wuchao had been destroyed, which caused the morale of the army to be shaken, internal divisions, and the army collapsed. Yuan Shaocang panicked and led 800 cavalry back to Hebei. Cao's army annihilated and encircled more than 70,000 Yuan's troops. The Battle of Guandu ended with Cao's victory and Yuan's defeat.
Yang Jisheng faced cowardice and chose to be brave.
——Impeached Yan Song to death and listed Yan Song’s ten major crimes and five traitors. However, due to the dim government, he was falsely accused and imprisoned again, and was severely tortured.
While he was in prison, he received a punishment of one hundred imperial rods. A colleague couldn't stand it any longer, so he asked someone to give Yang Jisheng a pair of snake gallbladders and told him that using them could relieve pain. However, Yang Jisheng once again showed his fearlessness and courage:
"I, Yang Jiaoshan (Yang Jisheng's name Jiaoshan), am brave enough myself, so I don't need this!"
The imperial staff discounted him The leg bones and leg flesh were knocked out, leaving a bloody mess. Yang Jisheng, who was already unconscious, was dragged back to the cell. No one bandaged him. In the dirty and cold air, which was infested with flies, his wounds began to worsen and become infected.
In prison, Yang Jisheng did something sensational and challenging the limits of mankind.
One late night after the imperial war, Yang Jisheng sat very quietly in a corner of the imperial prison. He lowered his head, holding a broken bowl piece in his hand, and concentrated on scraping the flesh on his legs, which had become infected and rotten. . He didn't use anesthetics, iron rings, or white towels to stuff his mouth. He just kept scraping the carrion with a calm expression. The bowl blades were not sharp, and the carrion was not easy to cut. This was unbearable. There was severe pain, but Yang Jisheng didn't make a sound.
He calmly waited for death to come, just wanting to die.
In the 34th year of Jiajing (1555), Yang Jisheng still persisted in prison. In this year, Yan Song finally achieved his goal - to get rid of this person who was shaking his power. Emperor Shizong issued an edict to put Yang Jisheng to death.
On October 27, Yang Jisheng was killed at the Beijing Execution Ground. He was only 40 years old. When people heard that Yang Jisheng was going to be executed, people from the four cities rushed to the West Market to see Yang Jisheng off. There were huge crowds of people along the street, the cries were loud, and the clear sky suddenly became dark. When Yang Jisheng was about to be executed, he looked calm, held his head high, and regarded death as home. He loudly recited his death poem in public:
My heroic spirit is still too weak, but my loyalty will shine through the ages.
I did not serve the country in my life, but I left it as a tribute to my loyal soul.
On this day, Yan Song celebrated his victory in his mansion, while Jiajing continued his monastic career in Xiyuan.
On this day, Yang Jisheng used his death to reveal Yan Song’s true face to the world. The Yan Party, which had been so majestic and arrogant before, embarked on the road to destruction, because there is an old saying—— Public anger is hard to offend.
Seven years after Yang Jisheng's death, Yan Song and his son were defeated by the Minister of Rites, Xu Jie, a bachelor of Dongge University, and others. After Emperor Muzong of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, Yang Jisheng was the first person to rehabilitate the unjust ministers of the previous dynasty, and he was posthumously awarded the title of Taichang Shaoqing.
In the second year of Longqing, Hao Jie, the censor of Zhili, under the strong request of the people of Baoding, reported to Mu Zong: "Baoding Prefecture is the hometown of Yang Jisheng. The local officials and people please build a temple for Yang Jisheng as a memorial. Permanent commemoration, please approve." The emperor quickly approved and named it "Jingzhong" Temple.
Yanggong Temple was built in Jinxian Hutong. It has three main halls, with a statue of Yang Jisheng in the middle. There is a stele pavilion on both sides of the main hall. There is a stele in each pavilion, and one stele is inscribed with "Ba Ma Shi" by Yang Jisheng impeaching Qiu Luan. Shu", a stele inscription "Impeaching Yan Song Shu". In the 13th year of Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty, two steles written by Fulin, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, were engraved and erected in the temple. There is an archway outside the gate of Yanggong Temple with "Biao" written on it, and another archway behind the temple with "Jingzhongfang" written on it.
Thirty-three years after the Yanggong Temple in Jinxian Hutong was built, people thought that the feng shui here was not good, so they built a second Yanggong Temple (i.e. Jingzhong Temple) in Huanghuaguan Street. In the courtyard, there is the "Inscription of Jingzhong Temple" written by Sun Chengzong, a great scholar, and there is a "Zhongchenfang of Zhao Dynasty" at the front door. When it was renovated in the tenth year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, another "Chengrenfang" was added.